…the valley below. Fairly hideous but not at all visible. This is said to be the place on the Isle of Wight where you are the furthest from human habitation….

…track with his swing shovel which is excellent. Good thinking by Jaimie as Frankie moves down the valley to start clearing dykes. bottom track Attractive early new growth on the…

…last year. This is a new plant in the Burncoose catalogue this year. Quite a tall growing species with huge racemes of lily-of-the-valley buds and (perhaps) flowers. A very good…

…the former keeper of the gardens at Windsor Great Park and one of my mentors and friends, once demanded a plant of for the Valley Gardens at Windsor. Student gardeners…

…Marie Rominas Pink Sybille dawsoniana Valley Splendour stellata Wisley Stardust R&G Celtis sinensisPavia Euonymus americanusAvaxa 1 Acer macrophyllum 1 Berberis jamesiana 1 Berberis kawakamii 1 Callicarpa dichotoma 1 Callicarpa membranacea…

…The sad demise of a Styrax japonicus tree which blew over recently. This was originally a seedling pinched from the Punch Bowl in the Valley Gardens of Windsor and carried…

…settles in the valley. Philip Tregunna always said that we should never plant magnolias below the drive for just this reason and he was right even if we have not…

…with just dead branches removed. All under a statutory felling order. sweet chestnuts sweet chestnuts One forgets what a frost pocket Old Park is where the valley is much narrower….

…day. You can just see the white insides of the tepals which makes this hybrid so special. First seen in The Valley Gardens at Windsor a couple of years ago….

…Trochodendron aralioides Trochodendron aralioides Views across Lawn Field and the Luney Valley from the top gate in Old Park. Views across Lawn Field Views across Lawn Field Views across Lawn…

…salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Magnolia salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Another fine dry day. Good heavens two in a row! 2017 – CHW Off to the Valley Gardens and the rhododendron species collection. Rhododendron thompsonii…

…breweriana doing well. Picea breweriana Picea breweriana Picea breweriana Rhododendron ‘Boddaertianum’ pinkish in bud, opening pale mauve-white. Rhododendron ‘Boddaertianum’ The house from across the valley. Llanover Court A fine clump…

…with its ‘lily of the valley’ drooping racemes of flowers. The buds are globular. A splendid plant introduced and given to us by Roy Lancaster. Deutzia pulchra Deutzia pulchra Deutzia…

…old plants of Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ nearing their last ‘hurrah’. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ First flowering here of Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ which I first saw in the Valley…

…valley is spectacular but no one has planted or cleared anything for 50 years and it is crying out for a facelift. So much more could be done. Endsleigh nursery…

…did not look too healthy in the Valley Gardens at Windsor either last weekend. A difficult species. Rhododendron thompsonii Rhododendron thompsonii A young plant of Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ is…

…look much like the wonderful purple form we saw in The Valley Gardens but wonderful to have this back in the garden nevertheless. Rhododendron cinnabarinum ‘Roylei Group’ (2) Rhododendron cinnabarinum…

…above an extremely sheltered south facing Cornish valley overlooking St Michaels Mount. Having not been for some years I was flabbergasted at the development of the garden. It IS a…

…coming out with its racemes of lily of the valley flowers. This is a large shrub which is already 10ft or so on a bank with drooping branches. Deutzia pulchra…

…– JCW I sowed some Cyclamineus seed today, some is unripe. Shrubs much as above. 40 Acre and pond shooting ride bit of valley very fine. 1916 – JCW We…